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aue(4): fix link flaps from MII bus
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Authored by rkitover_gmail.com on Jun 14 2026, 3:28 AM.
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Summary

A race condition in the MII layer causes spurious events, see:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252165

. Add a lock to serialize operations on the MII bus and skip ticks while
it is held.

I have tested this patch with my Belkin USB 10/100 Ethernet Adapter
F5D5050.

Signed-off-by: Rafael Kitover <rkitover@gmail.com>

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